White House blasts Hamas attack breaking cease-fire as ‘barbaric’

thehill.com ^ | 8/1/14 | Rebecca Shabad

[ColdOne]

The White House on Friday blasted Hamas for violating a 72-hour cease-fire agreement, calling the abduction of an Israeli soldier “barbaric.”

White House spokesman Josh Earnest acknowledged reports that Hamas had used the cease-fire as cover to carry out an attack on Israeli soldiers.

“That would be a rather barbaric violation of the cease-fire agreement,” Earnest said on CNN’s “New Day.” “Hamas is entirely responsible for upholding their end of the bargain, and it’s apparent that they did not do that."

[ColdOne]

I guess WH mad at Hamas for ruining Kerry's grand cease fire photo-op.

[PATRIOT1876]

Hard to believe that there's anyone in the White Haus that would speak the truth!

[PATRIOT1876]

500 points goes to the White House for scoring positively in the category of “Obvious”

[blu]

This is from The Onion, right?

[Sarah Barracuda]

LOL at the White House being shocked that a TERRORIST organization who in their own charter calls for the destruction of Israel, wouldn’t keep up with their end of the bargain

[Gaffer]

He is incensed because they did it in a way it which it could be proved that ‘they’ violated it.

[fatnotlazy]

It's all for show. Secretly, the WH hopes Hamas crushes Israel. Still trying to make Obama look tough. Isn't working.

[ColdOne]

No I had to check it twice to make sure.

[chris37]

Well, Mr. White House, what do you expect barbarians to do?

[MrB]

“I believe silence will be met with silence”

Don’t tell me that Obama doesn’t sincerely believe this.

[molson209]

The White House had their fingers crossed while saying it

[MrB]

“Victims” won’t be violent if the oppressors stop oppressing.

They truly believe this.

[livius]

Since when did “would be rather barbaric” (implying that they didn’t do it) turn into “blasts” ... Just asking.

[MeshugeMikey]

even while the Josher...was making his obvious statement....barry and company were congratulating their mooselom compatriots in HAMAS

[newnhdad]

this is one of those statements that will not be repeated or quietly walked back. It’s just an effort to be on all sides to deflect criticism.

[backwoods-engineer]

Moochelle should tweet #HamasThatWasBarbaric. That’d teach ‘em :-)

[nascarnation]

Nice...very nice!

[lormand]

Barbarians?

"...reminiscent of genghis khan"?

[Diogenesis]

The headline pretends it is definitive.
It is not.
The headline does NOT match the future subjunctive
that the Hamas White House used to protect its
funding, weaponizing, and protecting of Hamas.

[livius]

It is definitely the Hamas White House.

The only thing I can think is that Obama believes he will be at the top of the heap in the new caliphate.